Cognitive therapy Articles

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is currently one of the most popular forms of talk therapy in the UK, recommended by the NHS for anxiety and depression. So what is Cognitive behavioural therapy, exactly? And what can you expect from working with a CBT therapist? What is CBT? In some ways, it’s in the name. Cognitive...

If you’ve read our article on recognising your core beliefs, you know that they are the deep-rooted and inflexible assumptions you make about yourself, others and the world. Given that core beliefs can be the driving force behind most of our bad decisions, we ideally want to recognise and change our beliefs. But how? (For...

Core beliefs are assumptions about ourselves, others, and the world that we mistake for fact. Unless we take the time to dig out and question our negative core beliefs they control every life decision we make. Read on for common examples of core beliefs and just how they might be running your life. [Want more info on...

Receive bad feedback at work and convinced your career is over? Fail an exam and sure you have no future? Your partner criticises what you are wearing and convinced that the next step is a breakup? Your child has an earache and you rush them to the hospital? You likely have a problem with catastrophizing....

While medication is the first line of treatment for adult ADHD in the UK, not everyone chooses this route. And there are other options for managing Adult ADHD, such as working with an ADHD therapist (read our article on drug-free options for treating adult ADHD for more information). Medication or not, you still have to work...

When younger, we can easily assume our thoughts are all that we are. But as adults most of us realise that thoughts are not only far from all that we are, they are often far from the truth. And without conscious effort to notice and control our thoughts, many of us have a habit of...

The things we consistently tell ourselves serve to shape our self-image and the way we interact with the world. Unfortunately, our thoughts can become so automatic that we begin to take them as reality, even if that’s not actually the case. Cognitive distortions is a term used in psychology to refer to the thoughts that...

What is perspective? Your perspective, in psychological thinking, is the way you have chosen to see the world. This includes the way you see yourself and those around you. Even if you think your thoughts on your life and on the people you know are ‘facts’, they really aren’t. They are a series of beliefs...

When stress hits, we all tend to think in extremes. If you are worried you might lose your job, this might be thoughts like “I’ll never find a job as good, I don’t know how I can ever manage, that was the best position I will ever get”. You lose sight of the fact that...

Cognitive Behavioural Theory (CBT) is centred around the relationship between how we think, feel, and act. While CBT sessions spend a fair amount of time looking at how you can monitor and change your thoughts and thus help your mood, another part of CBT is looking at the behavioral aspect of your low moods –...